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Project Team

 


Giuliana Panieri

Professor in Geology at UiT 

Investigator / Project Partner 

In this project, her mission is to foster diversity in marine research by bringing together scientific research, social initiative, and artistic expression to promote a new way of conducting scientific expeditions, encouraging collaborative knowledge production and sharing right from the sea.

Research interests: Extreme environments, methane, geosciences, micropalentology

Giuliana Panieri Website                  Research Website

Fern Wickson

Professor of Ocean Leadership at UiT

She has specific expertise in the governance of socio-ecological and sociotechnical systems, as well as in practices of public engagement and knowledge coproduction. In this project , she will be mainly Exploring the interface between science, ethics and politics. Within this project, her primary focus will center on examining the intersection of science, ethics, and politics.

Research interests: Sustainability, Transformative Change, Environmental Governance, Ecological Ethics

Fern Wickson Website                        Linkedin

Ann Eileen Lennert

Environmental Anthropologist and Researcher at UiT

She is dedicated to exploring human-nature interactions through interdisciplinary sciences, knowledge co-production, narrative cartography, visual storytelling, and art-based research. Throughout this project, she will spearhead co-creation workshops and nurture innovative spaces for creativity to flourish.

Research interests: The beauty of human-nature interactions, co-creation and creative science

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Auður Aðalsteinsdóttir

Research lector and director of the University of Iceland’s Research Center in Þingeyjarsveit.

Project partner

Working from the premises of literary theory and aesthetics, Auður Aðalsteinsdóttir brings an Icelandic perspective to the EXTREMES research of the interplay of geology, biology, and aesthetics. The Research Center’s task will be introducing and publishing information on the research, both in academic context and to the general public, and both internationally and in its local setting in Iceland.

 Research interests: Ecocriticism, contemporary literature, ecofeminism, aesthetics

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Michael Kjær

Teaching Associate Professor, PhD., Art Historian.

The central aesthetic task of the project is to develop new ways to sense, understand and imagine the significance of extreme marine environments in the Arctic regions and beyond. As a mediator of visual theory and art history, he will have special responsibility for developing concepts, artworks and best practices with the participating artists and marine researchers.

Research interests: Environmental aesthetics, Interdisciplinary collaboration, Cartographic methods of visualization

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Claudio Argentino

Marine Geoscientist and Researcher at UiT

In this project, his mission is to advance the research on extreme environments mainly using sedimentological and geochemical techniques, as well as passing on this specialized knowledge to a new generation of geoscientists. 

Research interests: Sediment biogeochemistry, pore fluid geochemistry, extreme environments

Website                         Reserch Profile

Ines Barrenechea Angeles

Marine Geoscientist and Researcher at UiT       

In this project, she will characterize extreme environments by analyzing sediments and examining the organisms found there. Her main tools are environmental DNA (eDNA) techniques, which allow her to detect and identify organisms present in these environments, and microscopy.  This combined approach will enable to better understand the diversity of life in extreme conditions.

Research interests: eDNA, sedaDNA, foraminifera, deep-sea

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Heike Jane Zimmermann

Artist & Illustrator

Her work focuses on themes such as loss of biodiversity, with focus and love for the often-overlooked small worlds that play vital roles in our ecological cycles. She likes to connect science with art and illustration to open up different perspectives and encourage viewers to become more engaged with our environment.

She crafted a visual identity for the project that powerfully reflects its core essence.

Research interests: Ecological Art, Our environment, Micropaleontology, Oceans, Entomology

 

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Valentina Lanci

Communication Advisor and SoMe Manager

She has extensive expertise in research communication, administrative tasks, and event and social media management. She has contributed to various research projects at UiT and participated in several Arctic expeditions as a reporter and communication specialist.

In this project, she will support the entire team by managing administrative tasks and developing a comprehensive communication and documentation plan. Additionally, she will document and report on all phases of the project, as well as manage the social media profiles and website.

Research Interests: scientific communication, photography, visual storytelling, environmentalism

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